Product comparison · 2 laser printers

Brother HL-3140CW laser printer Colour vs Brother HL-3170CDW laser printer Colour

67specifications compared
15differ
52identical
3known for one product only

Key differences

Duplex printing
- HL-3140CW laser printer Colour:No
- HL-3170CDW laser printer Colour:Yes
Print speed (black, normal quality, A4/US Letter)
- HL-3140CW laser printer Colour:18 ppm
- HL-3170CDW laser printer Colour:23 ppm
Print speed (black, draft quality, A4/US Letter)
- HL-3140CW laser printer Colour:18 ppm
- HL-3170CDW laser printer Colour:23 ppm
Page description languages
- HL-3140CW laser printer Colour:GDI
- HL-3170CDW laser printer Colour:BR-Script 3, PCL 6
Ethernet LAN
- HL-3140CW laser printer Colour:No
- HL-3170CDW laser printer Colour:Yes
Internal memory
- HL-3140CW laser printer Colour:64 MB
- HL-3170CDW laser printer Colour:128 MB
Power consumption (printing)
- HL-3140CW laser printer Colour:335 W
- HL-3170CDW laser printer Colour:380 W
Width
- HL-3140CW laser printer Colour:525 mm
- HL-3170CDW laser printer Colour:522 mm

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Comparison of HL-3140CW, HL-3170CDW
70 specifications	A Brother HL-3140CW laser printer Colour Model HL-3140CW View product	B Brother HL-3170CDW laser printer Colour Model HL-3170CDW View product
Printing3 differ
Duplex printingDiffers	No	Yes
Print speed (black, normal quality, A4/US Letter)Differs	18 ppm	23 ppm
Print speed (black, draft quality, A4/US Letter)Differs	18 ppm	23 ppm
Duplex print speed (black, normal quality, A4/US Letter)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	3.5 ppm
Duplex print speed (colour, normal quality, A4/US Letter)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	3.5 ppm
Economical printingKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Features1 differ
Page description languagesDiffers	GDI	BR-Script 3, PCL 6
Ports & interfaces1 differ
Standard interfacesDiffers	USB 2.0, Wireless LAN	Ethernet, USB 2.0, Wireless LAN
Network2 differ
Ethernet LANDiffers	No	Yes
Security algorithmsDiffers	128-bit WEP, 64-bit WEP, HTTPS, SSL/TLS, WPA-PSK, WPA-TKIP, WPA2-EAP, WPA2-PSK, WPS	128-bit WEP, 64-bit WEP, HTTPS, SSL/TLS, WPA-AES, WPA-PSK, WPA-TKIP, WPA2-PSK, WPS
Performance1 differ
Internal memoryDiffers	64 MB	128 MB
Power1 differ
Power consumption (printing)Differs	335 W	380 W
System requirements1 differ
Mac operating systems supportedDiffers	Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion	Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion
Weight & dimensions3 differ
WidthDiffers	525 mm	522 mm
DepthDiffers	367 mm	360 mm
WeightDiffers	16.7 kg	17.5 kg
Packaging data1 differ
Package weightDiffers	19.8 kg	20.3 kg
Logistics data1 differ
Pallet gross weightDiffers	409.6 kg	423.7 kg

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